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Add midsize trucks to that and I agree, they have nothing else that sells in enough volume or profit to sustain their enterprise. You've completely misread me if you somehow believe that I view an Equinox or Trax as significant or game-changing. The 6th generation Camaro, C7 and C8 corvettes, the Bolt (and Volt for that matter, before REV's were an interesting BEV alternative). We didn't get those cars without modern gM. You've already knocked the styling of the 6th gen Camaro however it is a car viewed by many as having contemporary styling, but more importantly, it's as convincing as a BMW M3 underneath, but with American grunt. The car is absolutely amazing on-road, and on-track. Modern gM also gave us a diesel in a midsize pickup and a light duty diesel in a fullsize. But gM lacks relevance in small and midsize cars/SUV's, and in luxury, except for the Escalade. GM created the Escalade's segment and they continue to own it quite well. gM's job is to run their business. I'm just here for the interesting cars and really don't give $0.02 that they make boring cars I'm not going to buy anyway. I want the good stuff.

This also makes no sense. All the automakers are/were beholden to CAFE. GM, and partially, gM's fatal flaw is believing that nobody cares that their products don't measure up to better competitors because GM's products cost less. GM and gM have been rebuked so many times on this issue by consumers it's comical and they still refuse to build a better car. Equinox versus Rav4 or CRV. All GM's little rat cars versus all the other little rat cars. Cadillac versus BMW, Audi, Mercedes, even if a Cadillac is faster, that's not what wins in the luxury market. GM's trucks are good, but that's because the competitors also build some arguably crappy trucks, so that's the standard by which we measure. Toyota had to do nothing for decades and the 10+ year old Tacoma was still eating up the midsize market.

You are describing GM before its bankruptcy in the late aughts. I will always regard Bob Lutz as a ray of light in an organization strangled by conservative finance. And that's why it died. Lutz dared to do things nobody else would do: Let the artists and engineers drive projects. Because that's what made GM so awesome in prior decades, when Lutz himself was much younger. The fusion of Lutz' vision and finance's walking-back of some of those ideas is apparent in many of the models coming out of the late 90's through 2010. Post-2009 gM... People say what they will about Barra, but it's 'gM' that gave us the 5th and 6th Generation Camaro. The C7, C8 Corvettes. The T1 pickups. The new Escalade. The 3rd generation Colorado, the ZR2 and Bison pickups small and large. The CT/V Cadillacs with manual transmissions, twin turbo engines, V8's... and the Chevy SS. Popular or not, gM produced arguably good mass-market EV's... People may not like modern GM for their own reasons but I think some of the products coming out of the current company and leadership are absolutely significant, market-leading, and game-changing.

Can't take the money with you, but maybe you plan to leave it with someone? My father pined for more than two decades for another Porsche. He owned one in the late 70's before fatherhood and always said he'd own another. My sister and I (both well into adulthood) said we were just going to buy the dang car - a new one - for him. He shouldn't be buying green bananas at his age, let alone talking about "someday" owning another Porsche at almost 80 years old. The time was now. Get busy living. After a year of "serious" looking for one, he bought a deal. The day he called me to tell me he had finally bought "the one" he went on about how this particular had fixed pricing and he really didn't like that but he worked 'em real hard on extras and felt like he got a good deal in the end. Good job, dad. He had sworn he'd never buy from a dealer again but he wasn't finding any in the private market that matched his requirements and price point*. At least he took my good advice to buy a certified car, through a Porsche dealer, with a known/local history. Couldn't bring himself to buy a new car. "Couldn't justify it". Why not? It's a once-in-a-lifetime purchase at arguably the end of his driving career, why not have this last fun car be exactly the way he wants? He's not hurting for money and never will be. I expect nothing when he dies because I've told him nobody needs it and I expect he and my mother to enjoy it while they're alive if that makes them happy. And yet they still frugalize everything. YES, I understand financial planning and working within budgets. There are also times when a discretionary purchase does not need that kind of scrutiny, simply because it doesn't matter to the bottom line. He purchased one new car, ever. I remember it vividly, I was just out of high school, and that was a defining moment in my own life that I'd take a different path, my own, when it came to vehicles and quite honestly I've never looked back. I buy new, I buy vehicles I want...owning cars is not a business. It's an expense.

It's more 4-D chess, man. You must be a grandmaster with insight into "the plan". Actually, you've got more than two weeks to go, kNut.

If your excursion lasts longer than two months, consult a physician.

Midsize body-on-frame SUV's and trucks are safe for occupants but can be more dangerous than other vehicle types for other people involved in collisions with them. They weigh nearly their fullsize counterparts but have more concentrated mass when they hit things. Narrower frame width, sometimes overall shorter. Wranglers, Dakotas, Colorados, etc. Crash tests (and the resulting ratings) are based on highly controlled scenarios, specific speeds, and points of impact. Vehicle safety has improved a lot, as a side note, once the tests started considering more common offset crashes and glances with fixed objects. Side note side note, vehicles have also gotten a lot safer since the testing agencies started considering occupants of different sizes. A perfectly squared-up frontal collision with a similarly sized object only provides so much information about the overall safety of a vehicle... I haven't seen any crash tests where the vehicle separates, engine or subframe is completely removed and thrown from the vehicle. 35 or 40mph is all they test. Reality is a lot different from perfectly-staged crash testing...its hard to say what could have happened or what failed without seeing both of the vehicles from the wreckage up-close and how the incident occurred.

About the only extended cab I'd take. Crabwalking before it was cool. In the picture the rear steer angle is opposite the front to decrease radius, but they would also track with the front when changing lanes at speed. Another GM design way ahead of its time.

GM is releasing a new fullsize truck and a new V8. Of course I'm excited. Then again, if GM started building new GMT800's again with a manual trans, 4x4, and V8 I'd be banging on the dealer's door at sunrise with cash in hand.

GMVIS report? I wonder how much the seller is disclosing about the truck's history. It's not like they give you that printout, you have to know a database exists and that if you ask someone nicely, they'll get the car's dealer-service/warranty history for you. I wonder what, if anything, would show on a carfax.

Here's the window sticker for it, as originally equipped: https://www.iseecars.com/original-window-sticker?_ep=5Ah7O_zzA6J21ZrEXE3zN1Rj7SWqE1eP_7rFyMVvjkqILUeJOsZipQWwEUrURFNEGI9ZoW9Z-0PXkUObBERAMqQ-6hS-ZTp94kWXCcEcnlSfIcf5W2NWc5x4VQJVVlVuRyLxNTWFSey_b4Oy_5w-poI2qVRq-Ymwu1aP5Q

The US just announced loans of strategic oil reserve to major us oil companies and apparently the federal gas tax can be suspended with a tweet. Inflation's as high as it was in 2023 again. wInNinG AgAiN Still no nukes found in Iran, we still don't have their supposed stockpile of enriched uranium, and gas is $5. People are so freaking stupid in this country.

The tariffs as enacted were unconstitutional. Some people never learn. What I want to know is, who are these people who are paying for subscription services in cars?

If we suspended our state gas tax here, the price per gallon would be $4.95 versus the $5.50 it is today for 87. That's still high as balls all because of this stupid war.

Supply has been disrupted. It will literally take the better part of a year if not longer for gas prices to get back to normal at US pumps. *WHEN the war finally ends. We're not there yet.

Today near Montgomery, TX. Looks like there's quite a few over $4.00 now

But then we'd all have to live in Cornhole TX or wherever you're at and then gas wouldn't be cheap there anymore.

Diesel is right at $7 here now. Shell Profits beat expectations! Great for shareholders, not so great if you eat food or depend on petrochemicals for transportation, food, or living. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/oil-giant-shell-tops-quarterly-profit-estimates-as-iran-war-drives-price-surge.html

91 Octane Non-Ethanol $7.09 I've literally never seen gas so expensive in this country.

Chevron CEO says get ready for possible gas shortages. https://www.jalopnik.com/2165386/fuel-shortage-1970s-coming-chevron-ceo/ $10/gallon?

I've read it's going after the Bronco. There's nuance there versus Toyota's 4R/LC, Bronco positioned itself as the more versatile, upscale, but less capable version of the Wrangler while retaining things like a removable top, manual transmission, and hardware options that make it "Moab-ready" at least on the beginner-intermediate trails. What do Bronco and Wrangler owners have in common on trails? Well, they all laugh at the guys in 4Runners. What do 4R and Bronco owners have in common? They both agree a solid axle up front is the more robust choice for wheeling in Moab. Whatever Jimmy ends up being, GM needs an enthusiast's SUV. They have pickups, but nothing in the "actual" SUV department. I can't say I have any fond memories of the Jimmy name (it was an S10 in my day) so here's to hoping GM makes it modern, competitive, awesome, and not ridiculously expensive.

You're right, trickle-down never works, but I'm sorta OK with companies getting the refunds b/c they shouldered a lot of the burden in the beginning. They were told to absorb the cost and uncertainty, even under threat, if they raised prices to cover their increased costs due to tariffs. You're not dead, so why not go out and get that Corvette you've always wanted. All I read above are excuses. Get busy living. People still watch Nascar? Does anyone remember when they used to actually race "stock" cars? Probably not since that hasn't been since like 60 years ago. I don't care what they do with rules or names of cars it's all fake anyway...they used the Lumina name for a long time, Toyota with Camry... oooh, now there are some cars with real chops* (sarcasm), and absolutely nothing like the actual cars on the track. Circle track racing was never part of Camaro's heritage so I kinda hope they don't use the name any longer if they ever did. Don't bring it down.

Filled up a rental car outside of Janesville, WI today. 4.48 for regular which is apparently a high water mark for the area. People around here are pissed off… Here we are in the 9th week of the 4-week war we won 8 weeks ago and gas prices are still going up.

The expected "short squeeze" could happen soon and then people about to be really mad at gas prices. Play stupid games win stupid prizes..